Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo

19 reviews

__codex's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Death, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Colonisation, War, and Classism

starduststyx's review against another edition

informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.0

Beautifully written and packed in a lot of world building for such a short read. I'm looking forward to look at more of Nghi Vo's work because this was a great read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, War, and Classism

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Bullying

devynreadsnovels's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

indeedithappens's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

thereadinghammock's review against another edition

mysterious reflective relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

So much of this book just, sort of, happens around you (as a reader), that it's not until, maybe the last 30 minutes of the book that I had any idea what was actually going on. The world is fascinating, but the delivery is too prosaic for me. It's beautifully written, stunning prose, and I love the respect for archival history threaded throughout the book; but it's simply a case of just not the writing for me--and that's OK!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Sexism, Grief, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Infidelity and Colonisation

camryndaytona's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

fraise's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexism, Xenophobia, Grief, and Classism

Moderate: Infertility, Infidelity, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Animal death and Slavery

blackcatkai's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

beautifully written and engaging, im interested to see where the story goes in subsequent novellas. it's more of a high fantasy than what I'm personally used to/into so I got a little lost despite how short it is, but thats a me issue. either way, nghi vo is clearly ridiculously talented with descriptions & story telling and I am absolutely reading more of her work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Grief, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Sexual assault and Suicide

yuyine's review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted slow-paced

5.0

Nous ne sommes que début janvier mais je sais que je tiens entre mes mains une de mes meilleures lectures de l’année 2023. L’impératrice du Sel et de la Fortuneest une novella poétique et onirique qui fait ode au féminisme et à la transmission des mémoires en proposant une narration originale et subtile où le quotidien et l’ordinaire dévoilent l’extraordinaire. 

Critique complète sur yuyine.be (https://yuyine.be/review/book/les-archives-des-collines-chantantes-tome-1-l-imperatrice-du-sel-et-de-la-fortune)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Racism, Sexism, and Medical trauma

rtaire's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, and War

Moderate: Grief and Pregnancy